{"product_id":"come-thou-tortoise-paperback-by-jessica-grant","title":"Come, Thou Tortoise Paperback by Jessica Grant","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2010-03-09)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e432\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780307397553\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e351.54\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e8.0 x 5.2 x 1.15\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eA delightfully offbeat story that features an opinionated tortoise and her owner who find themselves in the middle of a life-changing mystery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Audrey (a.k.a.  Oddly) Flowers is living quietly in Oregon with Winnifred, her tortoise, when she  finds out her dear father has been knocked into a coma back in Newfoundland. Despite  her fear of flying, she goes to him, but not before she reluctantly dumps Winnifred  with her unreliable friends. Poor Winnifred. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Audrey disarms an Air Marshal  en route to St. John’s we begin to realize there’s something, well, odd about her.  And we soon know that Audrey’s quest to discover who her father really was – and  reunite with Winnifred – will be an adventure like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eExcerpt:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWinnifred  is old. She might be three hundred. She came with the apartment. The previous tenant,  a rock climber named Cliff, was embarking on a rock-climbing adventure that would  not have been much fun for Winnifred. Back then her name was Iris. Cliff had inherited  Iris from the previous tenant. Nobody knew how old Iris was or where she had come  from originally. Now Cliff was moving out. He said, Would you like a tortoise. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I would not say no to a tortoise, I said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I was alone in Portland and the trees  were giant. I picked her up and she blinked at me with her upside-down eyelids. I  felt instantly calm. Her eyes were soft brown. Her skin felt like an old elbow. I  will build you a castle, I whispered. With a pool. And I was true to my word.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eJessica Grant is a member of Newfoundland’s Burning Rock Collective (members include Michael Winter and Lisa Moore). Her first collection of short stories, \u003cb\u003eMaking Light of Tragedy\u003c\/b\u003e, includes a story that won both the Western Magazine Award for Fiction and the Journey Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44903672250529,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780307397553","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780307397553.jpg?v=1744674455","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/come-thou-tortoise-paperback-by-jessica-grant","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}